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A highly readable version of this remarkable and largely unexplored work. Perceforest is one of the largest and certainly the most extraordinary of the late Arthurian romances. Justly described as "an encyclopaedia of 14th-century chivalry" and "a mine of folkloric motifs", it is the subject ofrapidly increasing attention and research. The author of Perceforest draws on Alexander romances, Roman histories and medieval travel writing (not to mention oral tradition, as he gives, for example, the distinctly racy first written version of the Sleeping Beauty story), to create a remarkable prehistory of King Arthur's Britain. It begins with the arrival in Britain of Alexander the Great. His follow...
Each volume is in two sections, the first section is an alphabetical list of the brides' maiden names, followed by their first and middle names, the groom's last name, first and middle names. The second section in each volume is an alphabetical list of the grooms' surnames, followed by their first and middle names, the bride's last name, first and middle names. The date of the wedding is included in both sections, as well as the location of the information in the Eau Claire County Court House records, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
September 1366 Groomed by Sir Carrol to surrender her beloved Langeston after the death of her Father, Lady Bethany St. James surrenders to the wrong Lord whose army surrounds the walls of her home. Commanded by King Edward lll, Lord Royce Clyfton, Earl of Highmount takes Langeston in the easiest conquest of his career. The King's orders were to wed Langeston's daughter immediately to avoid question of the legitimacy of his claim. To his horror, he discovers his bride is only two weeks into her fifteenth year, the same age as his youngest sister. To him she was a child on the verge of womanhood, with problems that must be overcome before he would claim her as his wife. They face trials as well as good times as they work their way through a glorious surrender.
The text is an alphabetical list of the brides' maiden names, followed by their first and middle names, the groom's last name, first and middle names. The date of the wedding is also included, as well as the location of the information in the courthouse records.
This multivolume series is a landmark in the advancement of knowledge about Hispanic and other linguistic minority groups in the United States. In over 1,450 pages, 90 nationally recognized specialists contribute 87 papers covering virtually every aspect of bilingualism and bilingual education.
"This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral, covering their ecology, biology, paleontology and geology."--Back cover.